The special prosecutor said that if Trump had not won the 2024 election, he would have been convicted of trying to overturn the 2020 polls.

Prosecutors have said that if Donald Trump does not win the 2024 election, he will be convicted of “criminal acts committed to retain power” after the 2020 US presidential election.

A report released Tuesday by Attorney General Merrick Garland includes the following allegations: U.S. Special Prosecutor Jack Smith The president-elect conspired to hinder the collection and certification of ballots after losing to Joe Biden in 2020.

The released documents concluded the evidence was sufficient to convict Trump at trial if he was not re-elected in November.

“As described in the original indictment and the superseding indictment, when it became clear that Mr. Trump had lost the election and legal means of challenging the election results failed, he engaged in a series of criminal acts to cling to power,” the report said.

The incoming president was accused in August 2023 of trying to overturn the election.

However, the case was delayed by appeals and was ultimately significantly narrowed by the conservative-majority Supreme Court, which ruled that the former president enjoyed blanket immunity from criminal prosecution for official conduct.

In response to the report, Trump, who will return to the White House on January 20, called Smith a “dumb prosecutor who can’t try a case before the election.”

The incoming president frequently lambasted the special counsel during the investigation, calling Smith “a disgrace to himself, his family and the country.”

Confidential documents case

The second part of the report details a separate case in which Smith accuses Trump of illegally withholding sensitive national security documents after leaving the White House in 2021.

The Justice Department has pledged not to make the portion public while legal proceedings against two Trump associates charged in the case continue.

Smith Drop these two cases Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s election, citing the Justice Department’s longstanding policy of opposing prosecutions of sitting presidents. Both cases are proceeding to trial.

Trump has repeatedly called Smith “insane,” claiming the cases are politically motivated and aimed at harming his campaign and political movement.

Trump tried to block the release of the report, but the courts rejected his request.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the documents case, has ordered the Justice Department to temporarily halt plans to allow some senior members of Congress to privately review relevant portions of the report.